Silversher & Silversher
American songwriting team / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Michael Silversher and Patricia (Patty) Silversher, sometimes billed as Silversher & Silversher, are an American songwriting team known for writing themes and songs for Disney and Jim Henson television series, shows and specials, as well as direct-to-video animated films for Disney, Henson, Sony Wonder, MGM and Warner Bros. They participated on the Grammy Award-winning soundtrack album for the Sony-CTW film The Adventures of Elmo in Grouchland. They have also been nominated for three prime-time Emmy Awards for outstanding music and lyrics.
Michael and Patty Silversher | |
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Born | Michael: (1952-04-14) April 14, 1952 (age 72) Patty: (1952-06-10) June 10, 1952 (age 71) |
Occupation(s) | Composers, songwriters |
Years active | 1970's-present |
Formerly married, Michael Silversher and Patty Silversher continue their collaboration in children's music. They scored the Jim Henson/PBS show Dinosaur Train, that began to air in September 2009. They created the scores for 95 of the 100 episodes now showing all over the world.
They have also created songs and all the scores for the Henson/Netflix co-production of "Word Party" since its inception in 2012. They wrote songs for "Sid The Science Kid" and they were the music supervisors, composers and lyricists for the Henson/Sprout production Pajanimals.